Vending machine



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Patented May 24, '1927.

IPATENT OFFICE.

, MORDICHA MABGOLITH, OF YORK, Y.

VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed February 20,1926. Serial No. 89,624.

My present invention relates to vending machines or delivering cabinets,and has particular reference to a device which functions in a peculiarlyattractive manner so that purchasers will be induced to 'buy by anatural curiosity to witness the operatlon. It is an object of theinvention to provide a device of this character which may be madetooperate and function either by hand or by driving mechanism such as amotor, the

drivingor motivating force being in either 'caseapplied in an extremelysimple manner, as for example, by the rotation of a shaft. It is anobject of the invention to provide 1 a mechanism which will cause themachine to complete its cycle of functions u on continuousrotation of ashaft in one irection. It is another object of the invention to providean arrangement whereby a variety of commodities, such as candies, may bedisplayed in an attractive manner, and whereby it is possible for thepurchaser to effect an initial manipulation of the machine so that anydesired articles will be delivered to him 2 when the machine is set intooperation.

An important object of; the invention is to provide a device of thischaracterwherein relatively few operating fparts are required so thatits cost of menu acture and assem- 3 bly is substantially reduced-to aminimum,- and so that the likelihood of defective operation ispractically eliminated.

A feature of the invention lies in constructing the device so as tosimulate .a derrick, a scoop or gras ing device being pro vided to pickup desired articles and thereupon convey them to a delivery area. Moreparticularly, it is a feature of .the invention to provide anoverhanging arm or supporting beam from the en of which the scoop isadjustably suspended; the scoop is constructed in a manner which willpermit of its opening and closing; and mechanism is provided for causingopening and closing of. the scoop, dropping and hoisting thereof, andmovement of the supporting beam in properly correlated time intervals,so that the movementssand maneuvers of a genuine steam driven derrickare substantially repro duced. i

Ina preferred embodiment, the operating mechanism and its housing aremounted to rotate about a vertical .axis whereby the end of theforwardly projecting supporting beam may be made to sweep through an arcand thereby bring the grasping device or scoop over desired articleswhich are displayed upon a supporting platform underneath the path ofsuch movement. In the preferred embodiment referred to, a deliveringchute is provided having .an inner opening arranged along an arcuatearea adjacent to and-of a smaller radius than the supporting displayplatform. This area constitutes the delivery area, and articles droppedinto-any portion thereof will travel through the chute to a relativelysmaller common delivery opening accessible to the purchaser. I alsoprefer to provide a manually controllable wheel or handle similarlyaccessible to the purchaser and oper'atively associated with therotatable operating mechanism and housing hereinbefore referred to.whereby the purchaser may initially bring the scoop over any desiredarticle or articles.

A preferred embodiment also includes a driving shaft which may be madeto rotate continuously by a motor which may be set into operation in anydesired manner, as for example by a coin-depositing device. When theshaft is made torotate, the device -oper- .ates preferably by droppingthe-scoo upon thearticles, closing the scoop to pic" them I up andretain them, hoisting the scoop, and. pivotally moving thesupporting'beam so as to bring the scoop to thedelivery area, andfinally returning the scoop to ts original position over the displayplatfo A feature of my inVention -lies Jin provid ing a mechanismwherein a single cam member controls by its movement the-timing andoperation of each of the steps outlined. The

provision. of a single member of'this character, operatively associatedwith the other elements of the mechanism, serves to simplify theconstruction of the device to a degree which reduces substantially thenumber of parts required and the consequent cost of manufacture andassembly.

Briefly, the elements of the device include 100 a gras ing device orscoop of the character herein efore referred to, a scoop control device,locking means therefor, and beam moving mechanism. These elements willbe desribed separately and more fully herein- .105 a ter.

For the attainment of the foregoing objects and such other objects asmay hereinafter appear or be pointed out, I have illustrated a preferredembodiment of the 11 invention in the accompanying drawings, in which-Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the complete device, showing its mountingwithin a suitable cabinet or easing, the latter being shown in section;"and showing in dotted lines several positions of certain elements;

Fig. 2 is a top view of the complete device, the cabinet being shown incross-section, and various positions of certain elements Being shown bydotted lines;

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the operating mechanism, shown from thesame positilon as Fig. 1 but upon a greatly enlarged sea e;

,.Fig. 4 is a plan view of the operating mechanism, certain portions ofthehousing being broken away more clearly to disclose the mechanism;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of the cam member and the beammoving mechanism, shown by itself; this view being taken fromsubstantially the same position as Fig. 3; Y o

Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the scoop, showing in dotted lines theposition assumed thereby when it is closed;

Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 are fragmentary crosssections taken substantiallyalon the line 7-7 of Fig. 4, showing respective various positions ofcertain elements of tie device during the operation of the machine; and

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the cam member shown by itself.

Referring now to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, itwill be observed that I have shown a cabinet or casing which may besubstantially rectangular inhorizontal cross-section, and havingpreferably a back wall 10, and side and front walls 11, 12, and 13, thelatter walls being preferably constituted of glass or other transparentmaterial so that the complete device may be observed during itsoperation from three sides of the cabinet. A delivery chute is providedhaving an external opening 14, preferably in the front wall 13 andadjacent the lower portion of the cabinet, and having an inner opening15 which is substantially arcuate in shape, preferably extending fromthe rear wall 10 to the side wall 12. The device itself is preferablymounted by suitably attachin it to the rear wall 10, and is arrange inone corner of the cabinet so that rotation thereof about a vertical axiswill cause the 'overha-nging beam to sweep through an arcuate areaconcentric with that of the 0pening 15.

More particularly, I have shownin the illustrated embodiment, astructural support 16 suitably attached to the rear wall 10 in thecorner of the cabinet which is in the lower right-hand corner of Fig. 2.I prefer to make the top portion of the structure 16 of a casting 17which is of a shape to simulate the chassis and wheels of afullsizedderrick. The shorter wall of the delivery chute is constitutedof a suitable configured partition 18 whose upper edge 19 issubstantially horizontal and disposed along an arc whose center is atthe vertical axis of rotation of the operating mechanism. The longer orouter wall of the delivery chute is constituted of a substantiallycylindrical partition 20 whose upper and lower walls 21 and 22 aresubstantially horizontal and lie along arcs concentric with but of alarger radius than the are 19. Preferably, the upper edge 21 is hi herthan the upper edge 19, and preferab the end of the chute which isabutting the side wall 12 is closed off from View by a wall 23. Thesupporting platform for the articles to be displayed is provided by aflooring 24 which is bounded by the lower edge 22 of the wall 20, theside wall 11 and the front wall 13, and portions of the rear wall 10 andthe side wall 12. Preferably, the walls of the cabinet lying below theflooring 24 are of wood or other material which is not transparent, itbeing understood that by thus constructing the cabinet, only thearticles to be sold will be visible, and only that portion of the devicewhose operation will be attractive will be capable of observation by thepurchaser. Ido not however mean to limit myself to any of the structuralfeatures hereinbefore described except in so far as it may be necessaryin view of prior art of which I am not at present aware.

A hand wheel 25 is preferably provided adjacent to the opening 14 of thedelivery chute, and suitable mechanism is provided for causing rotationof the device about its vertical axis by movement of the wheel 25.Briefly, I have illustratively shown a shaft 26 carrying a worm 27, thelatter engaging with a worm wheel 28 constituting a' crank. Morespecifically, a crank pin 29 has a connecting rod 30 mounted thereon,the other end of the connecting rod being connected to a crank pin 31mounted upon the end of a crank lever 32. The latter is suitably mountedto cause rotation of a vertical shaft 33 at whose upper end a similarcrank lever 34 is provided. A connecting rod 35 transmits the motion ofthe lever 34 to a lever 36 whose movement moves the entire device andhousing about a vertical &XlS.'

The lever 36 is preferably constructed to permit passa e therethrough ofa vertical rotating driving shaft 37 which transmits to the operatingmechanism the driving power therefor. In the embodiment shown,

operation of the delivering device hasbeen completed. The particularstop device is optional, but I have shown a worm 43 car- 10 I ried bythe shaft 39 and engaging a worm wheel 44 driving a shaft 45 which maybe led backtto the motor to operate a switch or similar device (notshown) at a specified and predetermined time depending upon the gearlngproportions utillzed. I do not mean to llmit myself to the use of amotor, nor to any partlcular stop mechanism, but I have illustrated theforegoing mechanism merely to point out illustratively: how the to theframe-work 1 been described, is provided with sleeve pormechanismhereinbefore essential to the operation of the device, is

device as a whole may sired.

Having now described the supporting cabinet, the supporting platform forthe articles to be displayed and delivered, the delivery chute, themechanism for initially manipulating theentire device, and the driving-mechanism, I shall now proceed to describe the operating device itself,it being understood that the onl portion of the escribed which is thedriving shaft 37 projecting upwardly through the base 17 into theoperating mechanism itself.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be observed that I have shown aplatform 46 mounted to move with the crank member 36, and supported uponthe frame-work 17 by a plurality of ball bearings ,47 which permitrotation of the gatform 46 with respect The crank 36, as has tions 48and 49 through which the shaft 37 may extend, the shaft 37 thusconstituting a pivot about which the platform 46 may rotate. Mountedupon the platform 46 are two juxtaposed standards 50 and 51 betweenwhich and in association with which the operating mechanism is mounted.At its upper end, the shaft 37 is provided with a worm 52 which enga eswith a worm wheel 53 carried substantia 1y midway of a horizontal shaft54 extending between the standards 50 and 51 and jou'rnaled therein. The

shaft 54 extends through the standard 50 and carries at its outer end asmall pinion 55.. The latter meshes with .a relatively larger gear 56carried'similarly at the outer en of a shaft 57 which is similarly mounted between the standards 50 and 51 .and which carries at its 0 positeend the cam member 58. It will t us be. seen that the cam member 58 andthe gear 56 will be conbe operated if de-' with the teeth 73.

trated, the cam has been designedto rotate in a clock-wise direction(Fig. 3) as indi-- catedby the arrow.

Before proceeding to describe the construction of the cam member, Ishall describe the scoop control mechanism whose operations the cammember is designed to control.

. Freely mounted upon a shaft 66 which is supported between thestandards 50 and 51 forwardly of the shaft 57 I provide two similarlyconstructed drums or spools 67 and 68. To each thereof is attached theend of a cable which extends outwardly along the overhanging beam andthence down to the scoop. Without at this timeidescribing the scoop ingreat detail, it might be explained that the scoop is so constructedthat functions of the drums 67 and 68 to accomplish the simultaneous andrelative movements of the cables at the proper intervals of time.

Referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that I have shown a cable 69 woundabout the drum 67, and a cable 70 wound about the drum' 68, these cablesbeing so Wound that counter clock-wisemovement of the drums will Windthe cables upon, the drums.

The drums are provided with means for causing movement of one to movethe other in the same direction, at the same time permitting a relativemovement of the drums of approximately 360. This will be. clearlyunderstood when it is pointed out that on their inner faces the drumsare provided with pins which are adapted to engage'one.

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- Referring to Figs. 7- -10, I have shown a pin 71 carried by the drum67 and a pin 2 carried by.the drum 68. The drum 68 is provided with aplurality 'of peripheral teeth 73 which are technically not visible inFigs. 7-10, but are indicated by dot and dash lines .for the sake ofclearly explaining the relative movements of the two drums.

A pawl 74 isadapted to engage with the teeth 73 at predeterminedintervals, during which intervals movement of the drum 68 in a c ockwisedirection will be prevented. Referringto Fig. 7, it will be observedthat I have shown the awl 74 in engagement t will also 'be observed thatif clockwise movement be termed forward movement, then, the pin 71 ofdrum 67' lies behind pin 72 of drum 68, and inas-..

much as the drum 68 is restrained from mov ing in a clockwise direction,the drum 67 wi be similarly restrained. It is quite obvious that "whenthe scoop is in a sus ended position, its weight pulls on the ca les 69and 70 in a manner which tends to move both drums in a clockwisedirection. Consequently the scoop. may be prevented from falling and maybe held suspended by merely causing engagement of the pawl 74 with theteeth 73. Should the awl 74 be suddenly released, as indicate in Fig. 8,both drums will be free to move simultaneously in a clockwise direction,and exact simultaneous movement may be assured by brak ing drum 68, sothat the pin 71 will push and remain in contact with the in 72. Thismovement will take place un il the scoop has unwound both of the cables69 and 70 from the drums 67 and 68. If the drum 67 were now positivelyto be driven to move in a counter clock-wise direction, as indicated inFig. 9, it would not carry the drum 68 with it until after a relativelyfree movement of substantially 360 had been effected. Thereafter, bothdrums would be constrained to move together in a counter clock-wisedirection.

It will thus be seen that if both drums move in a clock-wise direction,the bucket will be caused to drop to its fullest extent; if the drum 67thereafter be made to rotate in a counter clock-wise direction, relativemovement of the drums 67 and 68 will take v place for a short period oftime, and dur ing this time the cable 69 will be drawn tight and Woundup while the cable 70 remains unaffected. During this period of time,the bucket will be caused to close. As soon as the pin 71 again engages,with the pin 72, this time from the opposite side,-

both drums will be caused to move in a counter clock-wise direction, andconsequently both cables will be wound up simultaneously, therebyhoisting the bucket. If, after the bucket is hoisted, the drum 68 beprevented from retractive movement in a clock-wise direction, and themotivating power be released from the drum 67, the weight of the bucketwill cause the drum '67 to return through a range of approximately 360(Fig. 10) until the relative positions of Fig. 7 are resumed. Duringthis last relative movement of the drums, the bucket or scoop will open.

I shall now describe how -I effect these relative movements of the drums67.and 68.

The cam member 58 (Fig. 11) comprises a hub portion 59 whose outersurface is concentric with the axis of the shaft 57 throughout twodiametrically opposed portions, one of which has a smaller radius thanthe other, the hub surface between these portions constituting shouldersor cams whose functions will be presently described. Reference to Fig. 5and Fig. 11 will make the construction of the hub portion '59 clear, theportion of less radius being denoted by the reference numeral 60, theportion of greater radius by the reference numeral 61, and one of theshoulders between these portions being indicated by the referencenumeral 62. Carried'by the hub portion 59 is a wheel portion 63 whoseouter periphery is circular and concentric with the shaft 57, but whichextends through only approximately 225, whereby a relatively sharpcorner 64 is provided at which point the outer periphery decreases inradius very suddenly. The function of the outer periphery just referredto will be presently described.

A third feature of the cam member 58 lies in the thickening of theperiphery thereof from the point 64 to a point slightly over 90therefrom, the last named point being clearly shown in Fig. 4 by thereference numeral 65, at which point the thickness of the peripherydecreases rather suddenly to a thickness substantially half of theenlarged portion. The functions of this thickened portion will bepresently described.

"Engaging with the teeth 73 is a pawl 74 attached at its rear end to aspindle or pivot 75 which is mounted upon the standard 51. The oppositeor outer end of the ivot 75 carries an arm 76 whose forward en isconstrained to rest upon the hub portion 59 of the cam member. For thispurpose, I provide preferably a spring 77 tensioned between the rearupper portion of the arm 76 and the upper end 78 of the forward portionof the standard 51. The surfaces 60, 62, and 61 of the hub .portion 59are so proportioned and arranged that at the proper intervals of timethe arm 76 will be raised against the action of the spring 77, therebylifting the pawl 74 from engagement with the teeth 73.

Adapted to contact with the untoothed periphery of the drum 68 is abrake shoe 79 pivotally mounted in the lower portion of ,the standard51, as at the point 80. The

rear or opposite end 81 of the brake shoe 79 is constantly urgeddownwardly by a compression spring 82 mounted upon a pin 83 carried bythe platform 46. Thus, the normal tendency of the brake shoe 79 is tocontact with and brake the drum 68. However, between the pivot 80 andthe forward end of the brake shoe 79, I provide a pin 84 which isengageable by the outer periphery of the wheel ortion 63 of the cammember 58. Throug out the largest portion of the rotation of the cammember 58, and more specifically, throu bout a movement of substantially225, t e periphery 63 engages with the pin 84 to hold the brake shoe 79awa from the Jlrum 68. When the relative y sharp point '64 passes thepin 84, the spring 82 functions to force the forward end of the brakeshoe 79 into contact with the drum 68. The point 64 is so positionedwith that the brake becomes operativeat the same the bucket open, thesudden release of the pawl 74, and the engagement of the brake 79, willcause the bucket to drop, not too suddenly, to the fullest extentpossible in view of the lengths of the cables 69 and 70. The relativepositions-of the drums and the pawl 74 when the scoop is in normalinoperative position, are clearly shown in Fig. -7. The relativepositions of the drums and the pawl 74, while the scoop is dropping, areclearly shownin Fig. 8. I

For the purpose .of now causing the rewinding of the drums, I provide apinion 85 at the outer end of the shaft 66, and carried bythe pinion isa clutch 86 adapted to be engaged and disengaged from a comlementaryclutch portion carried by the drum 67 The forward end of the shaft 66 isprovided with a nut 87 between which and the standard 51 there isarranged a compressions ring 88 normally tending to push the sha t 66forwardly to a osition wherein the gear 85 will mesh with t e ear 86.However, the shaft 66 is normally eld inwardly against the pressure ofthe spring 88 by the thickened portion of the cam mem- .ber 58; so thatthe pinion 85 does not normally mesh with the gear 86; This is clearlyshown in Fig 4, and 1t will be observed that the disengagement of thepinion 85 from the gear 56 has just taken place-as the point moved pastthe end of the shaft 66. When the point 64 passes the end of the shaft66, the latter is suddenly released, and the spring 88 moves the shaft66 so that a sudden engagement occurs not only between the gear 56 andthe pinion 85 but between the clutch 86 and thedrum 67. The thickenedportion of the wheel portion 63 is 50 designed and arranged that thelast mentioned engagement willoccur immediately after the bucket hasdropped to its fullest extent.

It will now be obvious that when the pinion 85 is rfiade. to mesh withthe gear 56, after the bucket has dropped upon the articles, therotation of the pinion 85 will start to rot-ate the drum 67 in a counterclock-wise direction. During the rotation of the drum throughapproximately 360 (see Fig." 9), 'the drum 68 will remain stationary,and

consequently this initial relative rotation of the drums 67 and 68 willcause the scoop or bucket to close, thereby (picking up the arti- 72,and thereafter both drums will be made torotate in a counter clockwisedirection so that the scoop will be hoisted, thereby carrying thearticles upwards. During this hoisting period, the pawl 74 will becaused to drop uon the'teeth 73, but it will be understoo that this willnot interfere with the counter clock-wise. movement of the 5 drums; Whenthe proper time for opening the scoop has arrived, the oint 65 willforce the shaft 66 inwardly against the tension of the spring 88,thereby disengaging the clutch 86 and releasing the driving force of Qthe gear 56 from the drum67. When this occurs, the tendency of bothdrums will be to rotate clock-wise under the influence of the weight ofthe scoop and the articles therein. The drum 68 will be restrained fromsuch retractive movement, but the drum 67 will not be restrained untilit has again turned through approximately 360 (see Fig. 10). Duringthislast-mentioned rotation of the drum 67 the scoop.will be caused to 0 enand thereby release the artiicles. It wi 1 be obvious that the drumswill then have resumed the relative positions which they initially held(see Fig. 7).

Toward the end of the upward movement of the closed bucket, theover-hanging beam will be caused to rise so that when the bucket isopened, the articles will drop from the arm 89' which is rigidly mountedupon a shaft 90, the shaft 90 being journaled in bearings 91 and 92carried at the forward end of the carriage 46. The end of the shaft 90is made to project through-the bearings 92, and carries at its end acollar 93 which is an integral partof a crank arm 94 provided witha-crank pin 95 at its end. The crank pin 95 is operativelyconnected'with a similar crank pin 96 carried by-the cam member 58. Inthe embodiment shown, I

have provided a connecting rod 97 having a slot 98 engaging with thecrank pin 96. rThe purpose of this slot will be obvious, it beingdesirable to have the crank arm 94 moved only during certain portions ofthe rotation of the cam member 58. The un slotted portion of theconnecting rod 97 is made of such a length that the extreme upwardmovement-of the beam 89 will bring the scoop over the delivery area. Tolimit the lowering movement ofthe beam89, I provide the collar 93 with astop 99 adapted to encounter the bearing 92. After the stop 99 hasencountered the bearing 92, subsequent rotation of the cam member 58will not affect the beam, it being understood that the pin 96 will slidefreely within the slot 98. The pin 96 is carried by the cam member 58 insuch a position with respect to the other cam surfaces that the movementof the beam will be effected at the proper time interval hereinbeforedescribed. The engagement between the pin 96 and the connecting rod 97is clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 wherein the parts are shown in therelative positions they assume when the beam is at its highest point,and wherein the relative positions when the beam is at its lowest pointare shown in dotted lines.

The scoop may be of any desired construction, just so long as it isopenable and closable by relative movements of the cables. In Fig. 6, Ihave illustrated a preferred type of scoop having two angular jaws 100and 101, pivoted together at their ends 102. At the angles 103 and 104of the jaws, are pivotally connected rods 105 and 106 extending upwardlyand pivoted to each other at 107. A pulley 108 is preferably carriedabove the pivot 102. The cables 69 and 70 extend downwardly, forming aloop which engages around the pulley 108, and one of the cables, forexample, the cable 70, is made fast and immovable with respect to thearm 105 by means of a set screw 109. When both cables move together, thebucket will be raised or lowered. When the cable 70 is held stationaryand the cable 69 is moved upwardly or downwardly, the bucket will bemade to close or open because of the displacement of the pivot point 102as indicated by dotted lines.

For the sake of improving and completing the appearance of the device, Iprovide a frame-work or roof 110 for the mechanism, but it will beobvious that no utilitarian purpose is accomplished thereby.

In operation, the purchaser manipulates the handle 25 until he hasbrought the scoop in an arcuate path above the particular articles whichhe desires. He thereupon sets the mechanism into operation, as forexample, by starting the motor 40 by means of a switch or coin device,and thereupon the rotation of the shaft 37 will cause the device to gothrough its various operations as hereinbefore described, the operationsbeing entirely automatic and properly timed with respect to each otheruntil the return of the beam and bucket to their original positionswhich are indicated in full lines in Fig. 1..

The operations of the machine during the single cycle referred to willhave grasped the articles desired, carried them to the delivery area,and thereupon dropped them into the chute so that they become accessibleto the purchaser. 7 I

It will be obvious that many chan" s in the details hereindescribed-andillustrated for the purpose of explaining the nature of my' inventionmay be made by those sk1lle d in the art without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.It is therefore intended that these claims be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim 2- 1. In a vending machine having a supporting platform forarticles of merchandisc, the combination of delivering mechanism, asource of driving energy, means operable by said source for causing thedelivering mechanism to function, and independently operable means forinitially moving the delivering mechanism into desired positionalrelationwith respect to said articles.

2.. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, the combination of delivering mechanism, a source ofdriving energy, means operable by said source for causing the deliveringmechanism to function, and independently operable means for initiallymoving the delivering mechanism into desired positional relation withrespect to said articles, said last named means including a manuallyoperable element extending out of the machine.

3. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, the combination of delivering mechanism, a source ofdriving energy, means operable by said source for causing the deliveringmechanism to function, and independently operable means for initiallymoving the delivering mechanism into desired positional relation withrespect to said articles, said last named means comprising a manuallyoperable crank arranged exteriorly of the machine and operativelyconnected with the delivering mechanism in a manner whereby rotation ofthe crank will cause movement of the delivering mechanism.

4. In a vending machine having a supporting platform forarticles ofmerchandise, the combination of pivotally mounted delivering mechanism,a source of driving energy, means operable by said source for causmg thedelivering mechanism to function, and independent] operable means forinitially moving the elivering mechanism into desired positionalrelation with respect to said articles, said last named means comprisinga manually operable crank arranged exteriorly of the machine andoperatively connected with the delivering mechanism in a manner wherebyrotation of the crank will cause pivotal movement of the deliveringmechanism.

5. In a vending machine, an arcuate supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism pivotally mounted within said are asource of driving energy, means operable by said source for causing thedelivering mechanism to function, and independently operable means forinitially pivoting the delivering mechanism into desired positionalrelation with respect to said articles, said last named means.comprising a pivotal support for said 'delivering'mechanism, and amanually controllable element arranged in an accessible position forpivoting said su port.

6. In a vending machine aving a supporting platform for articles of'merchan-.

disc, the combination of a pivotally mounted I delivering mechanism, asource of driving energy including a shaft arranged in coincidence withsaid pivot axis, means operable bysaid source .for causing thedelivering' mechanism to function, and independently operable means forinitially pivoting the delivering mechanism into desired positionalrelation with respect to said articles.

7. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, the combination of a pivotally mounted deliveringmechanism, a source of driving.

energy including a shaft arranged in coincidence with said pivot axis,\means 0 erable by said source for causing the delivering mechanism tofunction, and independently operable means for initially pivoting thedelivering mechanism into desired positional relation with respecttosaid articles, said a last named means comprising a pivotal sup:

port for said delivering mechanism, said support being arranged andconstructed to per-j mit association therewith of said shaft, and

respect to said delivery ,area.

a manually controllable element arranged in an accessible manner andoperatively associated with said support for pivoting the latter.

8. In a vending machine having a deliver area and a supporting platformfor articles of merchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a source ofdriving energy, and means operable by said source for causing saidmechanism to grasp said articles and carry them into relatively closeposition with 9. In a vending machine having a supporting platform forarticles of merchan .dise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistablegrasping device, a source of driving energy, and means operable by saidsource for causing said device to grasp and 1 lift-certain articles ofmerchandise.

10. In a vending machine having a sup- I porting platform for articlesof merchandise, .delivering mechanism comprising a,

grasping devicenormally positioned above.

' said articles, a source of driving'energy, and a means operable bysa1d source for causing said device to fall upon, grasp, and liftcertain of said articles. I V

11. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles" ofmerchan-' disc, and a delivery area, delivering mechanism comprising'agrasping device normally sitioned above said articles, a source of rivmgenergy, and means operable by said source for causing said device tofall upon,

grasp, and'lift certain of said articles and thereupon transport them tothe delivery area.

I 12. In a Vending machine having a delivery area and a supportingplatform for articles of merchandise, delivering mechanism comprising agrasping device, a source of driving energy, and means operable by saidsource for causing said device to grasp certain articles, transport themto the delivery area and there release said articles.

13. In a vending machine having a delivery, area and a supportingplatform for articles of merchandise,delivering mechanism comprising asource of driving energy, and means operable by said source for causingsaid mechanism to. grasp certain articles, transport them to thedelivery area, release them, and thereupon return to its originalposition. K

14. In a vending machine having a deliv ery area and a supportingplatform for articles of merchandise, delivering mechanism.

comprising a movablebeam, a grasping device carried thereby, acontinuously rotating driving shaft, and means driven by said shaft forcausing the device to grasp certain articles, for movlng said beam toconvey the livery area, and independently operable means for initiallymoving said beam axially of the pivot, whereby the delivering mechanismwill function with respectto selected articles over which the device hasbeen positioned.

16. In a vending machine having a delivery area and a supportingplatform for articles of merchandise, delivering mechanism comprising ahorizontally pivoted beam, a grasping device suspended therefrom andpositioned above said articles, independently operable manuallycontrolled means for initlally moving said beam axially of the pivot toposition said device over desired articles,

a source of driving energy comprlsln 'a continuously rotating drivingshaft, an means driven by said shaft for causing the device to grspsaid'selected articles, for pivotally to the delivery area, and forthereupon causmg said device to release said articles.

17 In a vending'machine having a delivcry area and a supportingplatformfor armovi g said beam to transport said device ticles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a horizontally pivotedbeam, a grasping device adjustably suspended therefrom so as to bedisposed above said articles, a source of driving energy comprising acontinuously rotating driving shaft and means driven by said shaft forcausing the device to drop upon, grasp, and lift certain articlesbeneath it, for pivotally moving said beam to convey the device in avertical plane to a position above said delivery area, and for thereuponcausing the device to release said articles.

18. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchan dise, the combination of delivering mechanism comprising ahoistable and openable grasping device, a source of driving energy, andmeans operable by said source for causing said device to function; andmanually controlled means independent of said driving source forinitially moving said grasping device so as to position it over desiredarticles of merchandise.

19. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistable and openablegrasping device, a source of driving energy, and means operable by saidsource for causing said device to drop upon certain articles, graspthem, lift and then release them.

20. In a vending machine, the combination of an arcuate supportingplatform for a display of loose articles of merchandise, a

a delivery chute having an arcuate inner opening ofless radius than andsubstantially concentric with said platform, a source of driving energyanddelivering mechanism operable by said source for grasping desiredarticles and dropping them into said chute.

21. In a vending machine, the combination of an arcuate supportingplatform for a display of loose articles of merchandise,

a delivery chute having an arcuate inner opening of less radius than andsubstantially concentric with said platform, a source of driving energyand delivering mechanism operable by said source for grasping desiredarticles and dropping them into said chute, said delivering mechanismcomprising a grasping device so arranged and constructed as-to belowerable, hoistable, and movable in a radial direction with respect tosaid arc.-

22. In a vending machine, the combination of an arcuate supportingplatform for a display of loose articles of merchandise, a

.delivery chute having an arcuate inner open- 1 ing of less radius thanand substantially concentric, with said platform, a source of drivingenergy and delivering mechanism operable by said source for graspingdesired articles and droppin them into said chute, said delivering mecanism comprising a grasping device and a horizontally pivoted radiallydisposed beam for supporting said device from one end thereof, wherebypivoting of the beam will move said device between positions over saidplatform and over said chute.

23. In a vending machine, the combination of an arcuate supportingplatform for articles of merchandise, a delivery chute having an arcuateinner opening of less radius than and substantially concentric with saidplatform, delivering mechanism comprising a grasping device and amovable supporting beam for said device, a source of driving energy, andmeans operable by said source for causing said device to grasp certainarticles and for moving said beam to transport said device in a radialdirection to said chute.

24. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistable grasping scoop,a driving shaft, scoop-lifting means, locking means cooperating with thelatter for normally holding the scoop in suspended position over saidarticles, a cam member driven by the shaft, and means operable by saidcam member for releasing said locking means whereby the scoop will dropupon said articles at a predetermined time; said cam member comprising ahub portion having a cam surface, and said locking means comprising acamfollower, and a spring constraining the follower to engage the hubportion.

25. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistable grasping scoop,a driving shaft, scoop-lifting means, a clutch operatively interposedbetween said shaft and said lifting means, a cam member driven by theshaft, and means operable by said cam member for causing engagementand'disengagement of said clutch, whereby the lifting means and hencethe scoop will be caused to function in a predetermined manner.

26. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistable grasping scoop,a driving shaft, scoop-lifting means, a clutch operatively interposedbetween said shaft and said lifting means, a cam member driven by theshaft, means operable by said cam member for causing engagement anddisengagement of said clutch, and means associated with saidscoop-lifting means for closing and opening said scoop respectively whenthe clutch is engaged and disengaged, whereby said scoop will becausedto function in a predeter- 'mined manner to grasp and lift certainarticles.

27. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchani,cso,195

\ able by the cam member, and a spring constraining the spindle toengageand follow the cam member.

28. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprlsmg a hoistable grasping scoop,a driving shaft,

scoop-lifting means, locking means coo erating with the latter fornormally hol ing the scoop in suspended position oversaid articles, aclutch operatiyely interposed between said shaft and said lifting means,a cam member driven by the shaft, means operable by the'cam member forcausing enga ement or release of the locking means, and means operableby the cam member for causin engagement and disengagement of said 0utch, whereby the lifting means and hence the scoop will be caused tofunctlon 1n .a .predetermined manner to fall upon and lift certainarticles.

scoop-lifting means, locking means cooperating with the lifting meansfor normally holding the scoop in sus ended position over certainarticles, a clutc operatively interposed between said shaft and saidlifting means, a cam member driven by the shaft, means 0 erable by thecam member for releasing t e locking means whereby the scoop will dropupon said articles, and means operable by the cam member for normallyholding said clutch out of engagement and for causin enga ement thereofafter the scoop has r0 pe whereby the latter will predetermined y dropupon and lift said articles.

30. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistable grasping scoop,a driving shaft, scooplifting means, locking means cooperating with thelifting means for normally holdin thescoop in suspended position oversai articles, a clutch operatively interposed between said shaft andsaid liftingmeans, a

cam member driven by the shaft, means operable by the cam member forreleasin the looking means wherebythe scoop. will drop upon saidarticles, and means operable by the cam member for normally holding saidclutch out of engagement and for causing engagement thereof after thescoop has dropped, said scoop-lifting means comprising rotatabledrumsone of which is providedwith teeth, and said locking means comprising apawl engageable with said teeth.

'31. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistable openablegrasping scoop, a driving shaft, scoop-lifting means, locking meanscooperating with the lifting means for normally holding the scoop insuspended opened position over said articles, a clutch operativelyinterposed between said shaft and said hftmg means, a cam member drivenby the shaft, means operable by the cam. member for releasing thelocking means whereby the scoop will drop upon said articles, meansoperable by the cam member for normally.

holding said clutch out of engagement and for causing engagement thereofafter the scoop has dropped, and means associated with saidscoop-lifti'n means for closing and opening said scoo respectively whenthe clutch is engaged and disengaged, whereby the scoop willpredeterminedly fall upon the articles, grasp them, lift them, andsubsequently release. them.

32. In a vending machine havin a sup porting platform for articles ofmere landise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoistable graspingscoop, a driving shaft, scooplifting means, a cam member driven by saidshaft, and means controllable by said cam member for normally holdingthe scoop suspended over said articles, for dropping the scoopthereupon, and for thereupon rendering the lifting means operative.

33. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articlesof-merchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a hoist-able graspingscoop, a driving shaft,

scoop-lifting means, locking means coopercooperating with the. latterfor holding the scoop normally suspended in open position over saidarticlos; a cam member driven by the .shaft;' means controllable by thecam member (1) for normally holding the lifting means inoperative andthe locking means operative, (2) for releasing the latter to drop thescoo upon the articles, (3) for thereupon ren ering the lifting meansoperative to hoist the scoop and (4) for thereupon again rendering thelifting means 1noperative and the locking means operative; and meansassociated with the lifting means for closing the scoop at theinitiation of step (3) so as to grasp the articles and agaln opening thescoop at the initiation of step (4) so as to release the articles.

35. In a vending machine having a suporting platform for articles ofmerchanise, delivering mechanism comprising a pivotal beam and ahoistable grasping scoop suspended therefrom; a driving shaft;scoop-lifting means; a cam member driven by said shaft; and meanscontrollable by said cam member (1) for normally holding the scoopsuspended over said articles, (2) for dropping the scoop upon thearticles, (3) for thereupon rendering the lifting means operative tohoist the scoop, and (4) for moving the beam to shift the scoophorizontall 0 J 3% In a vending machine having a supporting platform forarticles of merchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a pivotal beamand a hoistable grasping scoop suspended therefrom; a driving shaft;scoop-lifting means; locking means cooperating with the latter forholding the scoop normally suspended over said articles; a cam memberdriven by the shaft; and means controllable by the cam member forsuccessively 1) holding the lifting means inoperative and the lockingmeans operative, ing the latter to drop the scoop upon the articles, (3)rendering the lifting means operative to hoist the scoop, (4) moving thebeam to shift the scoop horizontally, (5) again rendering the liftingmeans inoperatiye and the locking means operative, and 6) returning thebeam to its initial position, whereby a cycle of operations will havebeen completed.

37. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a pivotal beam and ahoistable grasping scoop suspended therefrom, a driving shaft, a cammember driven by the latter, and means 0 erable by the cam member forpivotally moving the beam at predetermined time intervals to shift thescoop horizontally, whereby grasped articles may be transportedhorizontally from their locations ofdisplay.

38. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a pivotal beam and ahoistable grasping scoop suspended therefrom, a driving shaft, a cammember driven by the latter, and means operable by the cam member forpivotally moving the beam at predetermined time in- (2) releas tervalsto shift the Y scoop horizontally, whereby grasped articles may betransported horizontally from their display locations, said meanscomprising a crank arm carried by the beam, and a connecting rodoperatively associated with saidarm and driven by the cam member to movesaid arm at pre determined intervals. I

39. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a pivotal beam and ahoistable grasping scoop suspended therefrom, a driving shaft, a cammember driven by' the latter, and means operable by the cam member forpivotally movingthe beam at predetermined time intervals to shift thescoop horizontally, whereby grasped articles may be transportedhorizontally from their display 10- cations, said means comprising acrank pin carried by the cam member, a crank arm car- 'ried by the beam,and a slotted connecting rod operatively interposed between said arm andpin.

, 40. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchan-,

dise, delivering mechanism comprising a pivotal beam and a hoistablegrasping scoop suspended therefrom, a driving shaft, a cam member drivenby the, latter, and means operable by the cam member for pivotallymoving the beam at predetermined time intervals to "shift the scoophorizontally, whereby grasped articles may be transported horizontallyfrom their display locations, said means comprising a crank arm carriedby the beam, a connecting rod associated therewith and driven by the cammember, and a lug carried by the crank arm and engageable with the pivotbearing to limit I the movement of the beam in one direction.

41. In a vending machine having a supporting platform for articles ofmerchandise, delivering mechanism comprising a rotatable support, a beamhorizontally pivoted at one end with respect to said sup ort, ahoistable grasping scoop suspended rom said beam and over said articles,a driving shaft aligned with the axis of said support, and means drivenby said shaft for pivotally moving the beam at predetermined timeintervals to shift the scoo with respect to said pivot, whereby rotationof the support may be effected independently of the positional relationof said shaft to position the scoop over desired articles, and wherebymovement of the beam will transport grasped articles from their displaylocations.

42 In a vending machine having a sup- POI'tIH dise, delivering mechanismcomprising a support, a delivery beam pivoted at one end with respect tosaid support, a projection movable with said beam and adapted to engagea portion of said support to limit the platform for articles ofmerchanporting beam horizontally pivoted thereto and carrying saidscoop, means forpivotally moving said beam, said last named means 1comprising a driving shaft projecting through said platform, andmanually con-' trolled means for rotating said platform about saiddriving shaft as an axis.

In witness whereof, I have signed and 20 sealed this specification this13th day of February, 1926.

MORDICHA MARGOLITH.

